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Tuesday, August 1, 2017

Caterpillar sees 9.5% sales growth in Q2 2017

Caterpillar revenues rise to $11.3bn in Q2 2017, led by strong growth across its construction, resources and energy/transportation divisions

Daimler begins production of world’s first all-electric light-duty truck

Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation celebrates the start of series production of the Fuso eCanter, the world’s first all‑electric light-duty truck

Value of active transport projects in UAE exceeds $87bn in H1 2017

Active transport projects in the UAE number 481 in the first half of 2017, spread across road, rail, aviation and marine, and rise to a value of more than $87.6bn

Al Tayers Motors opens massive multi-purpose sales and service facility

Al Tayer Motors unveils 55,000m2 new-build multi-purpose facility, its largest to date in the region, to support sales, service and training functions across five automotive brands in Dubai

Haulotte boom and scissor lifts assist Saudi airport expansion work

United Gulf Access provides a wide range of Haulotte boom and scissor lifts for façade and interior work on the expansion project at the King Abdulaziz International Airport in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Trukkin launches as GCC logistics app linking shippers and truckers

Saudi and UAE entrepreneurs have launched a cloud-based B2B platform called Trukkin to coordinate between shippers and truckers in the Middle East region and help streamline logistics solutions

Trimble and Komatsu partner to improve exchange of 3D site data

Trimble and Komatsu collaborate on application program interface (API) to act as bridge between mixed fleet customers using 3D site data to support earthmoving operations

Mammoet completes loadout of 7,400-tonne offshore platform

Mammoet weighs, jacks and loads out 7,400 offshore, ice-resistant, stationary platform LSP-2 onto a barge for its further transport to the Filanovsky field in the Caspian Sea, Russia

German Army purchases 71 armoured Liebherr mobile cranes

German orders 71 armoured mobile and rescue cranes from Liebherr in an order worth $175m (€150m), with deliveries due to start in H2 2018 and be completed by 2021

CNH Industrial begins handover of 100 Magirus fire engines in Chile

Italy’s CNH Industrial begins delivery of 100 Magirus tank-pumper fire engines to Chile’s national fire department, following a handover conducted 30m above ground by Magirus CEO Marc Diening

Featured Articles
	Advance of Ashok: The Hinduja Group delivers a host of firsts in the GCC Ashok Leyland is looking to expand its share in the bus and light- to medium-duty truck segments with an expanded product line-up for international markets and new service capabilities in Dubai
	Bridging the gap: Tariq Al Rasheed on reforming truck market aftersales Tariq Al Rasheed, retail director for Nasser Bin Abdullatif Alserkal, discusses its partnership with Dubai Municipality to deliver an aftersales first for Dubai’s Truck & Heavy Equipment Market
	The investor: Nabil Al Zahlawi on NFT's big plans Nabil Al Zahlawi, CEO of Abu Dhabi’s NFT Specialized in Tower Cranes, discusses the calculated risks that it takes to win in the crane rental business and the next trick up his sleeve
	Hi-tech training: FMS Tech's robot driver trainer PMV Middle East speaks with Bassam Alkassar, CEO of FMS Tech, about the company’s telematics and driver merit system and his patent pending tool for tailoring driver training to the individual

COMMENT

Caretaker economy: How slower growth could be driving superior service

How the Gulf’s experience of a construction slowdown in some quarters, and a new normal of steady but modest growth in others, is driving customer service

Playing catch up: the numbered days of second-hand imports

Fleet operators in the Gulf have had a good run in the medium-duty segment, enjoying relaxed regulations and plentiful second-hand imports from Europe, but the days of these unorthodox practices are looking increasingly numbered

Media

	Video: Inside Immensa's 3D printing Dubai facility
	Video: Can Dubai be a 3D printed construction hub?
	Video: 12,000t turbines lifted into place on Masdar-backed floating wind farm
	Video: Five reasons why the Ford F-150 Raptor is fit for off-road
	In Pictures: Immensa's 3D printing facility, Dubai

Special Reports

	PMV Power List: Equipment manufacturers and dealers you should know
	UAE's building projects' value reaches $228bn in H1 2017
	Volvo CE sees sales rise by over a third in Q2 2017
	Volvo Group increases net sales by 12% in Q2 2017
	NBK reports surge in Kuwait’s Q2 2017 real estate sales

	COVER STORY Bridging the gap: Tariq Al Rasheed on reforming truck market aftersales
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